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🤔 OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice, records show
📈 Nvidia shows no signs of AI slowdown
💥 Global outages hit Microsoft Bing, DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search and Copilot
💰 OpenAI signs $250M landmark deal with News Corp
⛑️ Apple may develop foldable iPhone with self-healing screen
🎁 + 9 other news you might like
🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools
🤔 OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice, records showLINK
OpenAI hired Sky's voice actor months prior to contacting Scarlett Johansson and did not intend to mimic her voice, according to The Washington Post.
OpenAI's selection criteria for the voice included a "warm, engaging [and] charismatic" tone and specific age ranges, without requiring a Scarlett Johansson sound-alike, as stated by the publication.
Despite Johansson's allegations and subsequent legal actions, OpenAI paused using Sky's voice and stated they never intended Sky to sound like Johansson, highlighting differences in their voices according to various sources.
📈 Nvidia shows no signs of AI slowdownLINK
Nvidia's stock surged in premarket trading after a strong sales forecast highlighted continued robust spending on AI computing.
Second-quarter revenue is projected to reach about $28 billion, surpassing analysts' expectations of $26.8 billion, driven by the growth in Nvidia's data-center division.
CEO Jensen Huang described the current phase as the beginning of a new industrial revolution, with Nvidia's market valuation now exceeding $2.3 trillion, largely fueled by demand for their AI accelerators.
💥 Global outages hit Microsoft Bing, DuckDuckGo, ChatGPT Search and CopilotLINK
A Microsoft outage affecting the Bing API has disrupted the search capabilities of ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms.
The issues started around 3AM ET, causing sites and services to be either completely unavailable or intermittently responding.
Microsoft has acknowledged the problems, stating they are working to isolate the cause, and both OpenAI and Ecosia have confirmed similar issues with their search features.
💰 OpenAI signs $250M landmark deal with News CorpLINK
OpenAI has made a deal with News Corp to license content from publications such as The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.
The agreement, potentially worth over $250 million over the next five years, includes cash and credits for the use of OpenAI's technology.
The partnership covers additional outlets like Barron's, MarketWatch, and The Sunday Times, and involves sharing journalistic expertise to maintain high standards.
⛑️ Apple may develop foldable iPhone with self-healing screenLINK
Apple may be developing a foldable iPhone with a "self-healing" screen layer that automatically fills in dents and scratches, according to a new patent.
Leading rivals like Samsung, Google, and OnePlus already have foldable smartphones, some with slimmer screens to reduce creasing and improve flexibility.
Apple’s patent suggests the foldable iPhone screen could use heat, light, or electrical current to stimulate a healing process, potentially launching by 2026.
Other news you might like
Nvidia is ready to storm Intel’s PC market.LINK
AI pioneer LeCun to next-gen AI builders: ‘Don’t focus on LLMs’.LINK
Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees.LINK
Former Google CEO predicts nuclear-powered AI systems on military bases surrounded by machine guns.LINK
Google is now the world's third-largest data center processor designer.LINK
Garry Tan has revealed his ‘secret sauce’ for getting into Y Combinator.LINK
WhatsApp spotted working on AI-generated profile photos.LINK
Google acquiring HubSpot would bolster bid to challenge Microsoft.LINK
Nvidia says 20,000 GenAI startups are now building on its platform.LINK
Latest research and tools
Neosync: an open-source tool designed to anonymize PII, generate synthetic data, and sync environments for PostgreSQL and MySQL databases to improve testing, debugging, and developer experiences.LINK
Emacs Easydraw: a drawing tool integrated within Emacs that allows users to create and edit drawings directly in their editor, with features for inline display and exporting in various formats.LINK
Cortile: a Linux auto tiling manager that supports hot corner triggers, offers dynamic tiling across multiple desktop environments, and enhances productivity with keyboard and mouse shortcuts, designed for EWMH compliant window managers using X11.LINK
B-field: a novel probabilistic key-value data structure that efficiently stores associations between keys and values with a tunable error rate, optimal for bioinformatics applications.LINK
Orthodox C++: a minimal subset of C++ that simplifies the language by avoiding Modern C++ complexities, aiming for easier understanding, simpler code, and broader compiler compatibility.LINK
Your Transformer is Secretly Linear: transformers can be mathematically approximated by linear models under certain conditions.LINK
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